PhilippeCousteau

Lots of things, from using public transportation, to eating a more balanced diet, buying local, NOT buying fast fashion products (the fashion industry is the second biggest polluter in the world), but also...and this is a big one...VOTE. VOTE all the time, for local, state, and federal officials. The morons in Congress are there because people put them there, and it is criminal that a larger proportion of the public doesn't vote.

Animal agriculture is a huge issue, especially beef. That said I don't think the answer is to stop eating meat because that is a non-starter for most people. What I do say is that we should cut back and have a more balanced diet. We should also recognize that cheap fast food is literally killing us and a 99 cent burger is a total scam. It doesn't cost 99 cents, in fact when you factor in the cost to health, the environment and animals, it is a lot more expensive and with the average American eating meat three times a day we are eating ourselves to death.

I do think environmentalists take it too far sometimes, they can be just as bad as those people to fight against it and by being so aggressive and angry they turn people off. It is hard to strike a balance but i can say this...WE NEED TO GROW UP AND ACT LIKE ADULTS. In other words, we need to stop arguing back and forth and start trying to find common ground. When I am in the room with skeptics, rather than argue I try to find common ground around things like security or health, build trust and then have a reasonable conversation.

I know about Blue Halo and am a big advocate. It is a great project and while it is true that patrolling such large areas is a challenge - you have to start somewhere. As for minerals, that is a stupid argument, no technology exists to extract minerals at any scale in deep water and it won't for a long time. That is just a scare tactic used by fishing interests.

On my bucket list is Kamchatka, I really want to go there and film the last wild salmon runs and see the giant bears etc. In fact there is a place called the Valley of Death where noxious gases come out of ground and kill anything that venture into it.